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From Canonmills To Coral Islands
10 Nov, Edinburgh – free

From his first day at school in Canonmills to his last day as a world-famous author on the Pacific island of Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson (RLS) led a remarkable life.

Join folk singer & RLS biographer Jeremy Hodges for a musical journey through that lifelong adventure, featuring Stevenson’s own poetry.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-canonmills-to-coral-islands-tickets-1757066466099

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“Ending badly from the beginning”: facing finitude with Robert Louis Stevenson
8 October, University of Edinburgh & online – free

What does it mean to live – and to write – well, through experiences of illness and in the shadow of death? An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar from Dr Shari Sabeti

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https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-shari-sabeti-‘ending-badly-beginning’-facing-finitude-robert-louis-stevenson

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